Riding breeches



M. COWEN RIDING BREECHES July 29,V 1930.

Filed March v, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Max Cowenm GMM/Maag.

M. cowEN 1,771,916

RIDING BREECHES July 29, 1930.

2 She'etq-Sheet 2 Filed March '7, 1930 Patented July 29, 1930 UNITED STATES MAX ooWnN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING BREECHES Application filed March 7,

This invention relates to riding breeches,y one of the objects being to provide a garment of this type which can be adjusted to fit persons of different sizes, the adjustment being effected without causing the garment to bulge or form unsightly folds at the points of adjustment. Y l

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, thel invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the .details of construction hereinafter described and claim-ed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

1n said drawings, j

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the garment fitted to a wearer.' d

Figure 2 is an enlarged section through a portion of the garment taken on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section through the f garment taken on line 8 3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the Waist portion of the garment open. n Figure 5 is a perspective view of the lower portion of one of the leg or gaiter portions of the garment, the same being shown partly unfastened.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference 1 designates the body portion of the garment which, except at the Waist and the lower portions of the legs, is made like the usual riders breeches. Each side of `the waist portion 2 is provided with a placket 3 the back portion of which is provided withl a longitudinal series of fasteners 4 preferably in the form of buttons. The front edge of each placket is curved forwardly and upwardly away from the'back edge portion as 5 shown at 5 and stitched to the back of this curved edge 5 is the curved upper edge of a pocket 7 the bottom portion of which extends below the placket. The back portion of the pocket is normally exposed above the curved edges 5 and 6 as shown at 8 and forms a for detachably connecting the-back portion 193e... serial 110,434,138.

lap in thefree side portion of which is provided a series of buttonholes 9 for receiving the buttons 4;

Buttonholes 10 are formed in the garment adjacent to the upper portions ofthe curved 65 edges 5 yand and fastened to the back portion78 ofthe pocket are buttons l11 and 12. `4 When the garment is in use vit can be fastened about the wearerbyV buttoning' the free edge portion of the back 8 of the'pocket to the buttons 4. Buttons 12 caribe extended through the buttonholes'l.` This arrangement of' the partsA hasbeen shown in Figure 1. It'wil-l be seen that aocessto each poeket can be had readily by inserting' the hand downwardly backy of the curved edge 5. Should it be desirable to makethegarment smaller at the waist, the buttonholes 10 can be brought into engagement with the buttons 11. Obviously additional sets of buttons could be arranged to permit further adjustment at the waist.

Straps 13 can be extended from the rear edge portions of the plackets and can be suit-y ably connected to give a belt effect as shown. 7

The gaiter portion 14 of the garment has an integral lap 15 extending longitudinally from the lower edge and this lap is adapted to overlie the adjacent portion of the garment. The lap has a longitudinal series of buttonholes 16 and these are adapted to receive either' of two or more series of buttons 17 secured to the leg portion adjacent to the lap. Thus it will be seen that the leg or gaiter portion of the garment can be adjusted to persons of different sizes vby using any one of the series of buttons as fastening means.

What is claimed is: j

1. A garment of the class described having a placket in the waist portion thereof, a pocket secured within the waist portion, one side of the placket being out away to expose the back upper portion of the pocket, means of the pocket to the opposed side of the placket, and cooperating means in the front portion of the garment and upon the back portion of the pocket for adjusting the waist of the garment.

2. A garment of the class described having a placket in the waist portion thereof, a pocket secured to the back of the front portion of the garment, the front side of the placket being out away to expose the back upper portion of the pocket, a detachable connec- V tion between the back port-ion of the pocket and the opposite side ofthe placket, and cooperating means carried bythe back portion of the pocket and the front portion oi the garment for adjusting the waistlof the garment without closing the pocket, said means being adjustable across the upper end of the pocket. l j

3. A garment of the class described'including a waist portion havinga placket, a pocket secured to and extending below the waist portion, the back portion 0I" the pocket oeing normally exposed between the edges of the placket, means for detachably connecting thel back portion of the pocket toy one edgev of the placket to close the garment at the waist,l

and cooperating means carried by the back oi the pocket and by the front portionof the Waist for adjusting the waistY portion ofthe garment by reducing the area of the exposed upper portion of ythe pocket.

, In testimony that I Claim theforegoi'ngas my own,

` I have hereto alixed my signature.

MAX CGWEN. 

